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My first blank on the Wye. Conditions were hard, river was low , cold and clear. Fished maggot feeder. I don't think this beat was ideal for the conditions and one of the winter ticket members pike fishing advised I bought a ticket somewhere else.

The venue is split in two, you can't walk between the two sections, this is a bit random and wasted some time. There are also very few accessible swims with a decent flat bit at the bottom of the bank. I did find a decent swim at the top of the beat. You are also very close to the dual carriage way, and also killing the usual Wye vibe was, pollution foam coming down river, and a huge farm rubbush tip in the car park. All in all I am not sure I would come back here.

1 Barbel

I booked this at the start of the mild spell when the forecast for this weekend was better than what materialised. However with a water temp of 5.5 I was hopeful of avoiding a blank with a stretched target of 4 chub. In the end I had 4 down the bottom on the float and 2 up the top on the feeder, all between 3 and 4lb, along with a little feisty trout for a satisfying winter day on the river.

1 Trout, 6 Chub

Water was low and clear. No luck targeting the pike so switched over to trotting some maggots which produced two lovely chub of over 2lbs each.

Disappointed to learn from the bailiff that this is in fact not double bank fishing. Consensus seems to be that the pike fishing has been very tough for a number of years.

Fishing Passport Note : Middle Hill Court is a double bank fishery. Whilst access is restricted to left bank only, mentioning double bank will give anglers the information that no-one will be fishing opposite.

2 Chub

A lovely winter Chub of around 4lbs saved my day. Temperature fell steadily throughout the afternoon. Just nice to be out by the river.

1 Chub

Hard cold day, with a low clear river. Dropped into most pegs 1 chub of 3lb ish saved the blank. Still a nice day on the Wye.

1 Chub

1 Barbel, 35 Chub

Hard going. Chub surfacing in a slack by the house.
4 Chub in total

4 Chub

Nothing caught but a great day on the river , bottom gate still unusable due to flood rubbish

My last outing of the season and I managed to blank. Roll on June !